ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329259
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1976 |
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| Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A United Air Lines employee boarded and hijacked an empty DC-8 on the ground at San Francisco Airport. The hijacker demanded he be provided crew to fly to the East Coast, holding two hostages.
He later surrendered. Superior Court Judge ruled him legally insane.
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